Case Study: Gander Mountain achieves 85,000 man-hours saved per year with RFgen Software

Gander Mountain increased productivity by 85,000 man hours per year using RFgen Inventory Control Solution

Gander Mountain, the U.S. outdoor retailer with 116 stores, was struggling as its product selection outgrew its legacy inventory system—store managers spent 20–30 minutes per batch downloading 3–6 SKU batches each day and often suffered crashes that lost data. To fix this, Gander Mountain selected RFgen Software and its mobile data collection / Inventory Control solution after demos showed superior real‑time capabilities.

RFgen Software’s solution was rolled out with Gander Mountain handling development, implementation and training; the mobile scanning system delivered immediate, reliable SKU data and simplified licensing and device rollout. The change cut roughly two hours of labor per person, translating to about 232 man‑hours per day (≈85,000 man‑hours per year), eliminated the eight‑hour data lag, and substantially reduced system failures while improving store performance visibility.

Gander Mountain

Brian Sword

IT Installation & Support Manager